📸A snapshot from the past - Araucanian loom. This is a photograph taken during Peter Neumann and Vaclav Šolc’s research trip to Chile, 1966/1967. Photo: P. Neumann & V. Šolc. doi.org/10.54799/XEL... #FieldworkPhoto #ResearchTrip #Chile #EAZ

📜EAZ-archives: The report on the 2nd symposium on #StoneAge nomenclature in #Vienna (Oct 1965), during which the researchers attempted to elaborate a uniform terminology for Palaeo- and Mesolithic stone tools for German-language publications. #HistoryofScience #Archaeology doi.org/10.54799/NTX...

📜🐑EAZ-Archive, 1961: A very brief presentation of the first doctoral study of #sheep #husbandry and shepherds in #CentralEurope with the focus on their economic, social, and cultural-historical contexts. #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives doi.org/10.54799/OUK...

📆Reminder: Our CfP is still open for the special issue on Obsolete Narratives in Archaeology. We invite contributions that critically engage with outdated concepts, interpretations and frameworks in the discipline #CfP #Archaeology #EAZ

📜EAZ-archive: Review of Alfred Holder’s Alt-celtischer Sprachschatz – classic that documented lexicon of Celtic words known from Greek and Roman sources. #Celts #Linguistics #EAZArchives #EAZ doi.org/10.54799/HGW...

📢New publication announcement! In this newly published review of‪ M. K. H. Eggert‘s „Prähistorische Archäologie“ (2024) @utb.de‬, D. Hofmann reflects on the aims of #teaching #archaeology and the core elements that should be part of student introductory texts. #EAZ doi.org/10.54799/TZK...

📜EAZ-archives: In this paper, K. Pannhorst views the museums as a form of “time machine” and explores their deep connection with the dimension of time. #Museum #Time #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives Pannhorst, K. 2011. “Beyond Chronology? Time at the Museum”. EAZ 52 (2):239-51. doi.org/10.54799/QWV...

Have you ever been curious about the visual language of Pueblo pottery? The virtual exhibition Painted Reflections at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture allows everyone to explore its use of optical illusions. #Pueblo #Exhibition #EAZrecommends miaclab.org/painted-refl...

📜EAZ-archives: Published in 1968, Feustel’s article remains highly relevant in today's archaeology due to his insistence on non-linear, dialectical and regional models of development. #StoneAge #Evolution #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives doi.org/10.54799/PQQ...

🎬“Ninan Auassat: We, the Children” follows children from the Atikamekw, Eeyou Cree, and Innu Nations over more than six years and explores dreams, challenges, and communities through their own voices and perspectives. #EthnographicFilm #EAZrecommend www.nfb.ca/film/ninan-a...

📚In this piece, U. Veit advocates a “problem history” approach, where the questions we ask – and how we ask them – shape the histories we tell. #Archaeology #EAZArchives doi.org/10.54799/JGH...

📸A snapshot from the field - A timber-bamboo house structure built over one of the excavated house features with the efforts of the local community, Chungliyimti, #India. Photo: T. Jamir. doi.org/10.54799/JLZ... #FieldworkPhoto #India #EAZ

In this paper, S. Grunwald explores how awards, jubilees and named scholarships are not just honours but powerful tools for shaping what and who gets remembered in #archaeology. #MemoryCulture #DisciplinaryMemory #EAZArchives doi.org/10.54799/WBM...

Shadow Archaeologies (2025) brought together leading theorists to investigate the overlooked dimensions of #archaeology: political entanglements, unconventional practices, alternative material forms --to challenge our discipline’s conventional, history‑centric view www.routledge.com/Shadow-Archa...

What happens when a young scholar’s career is shaped – and cut short – by war and ideology? #HistoryOfScience #WWIIHistory #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives Rauchfuß, B.. 2013. Heinz Gau – A Greifswald Prehistorian in National Socialist Germany”. EAZ 54 (1/2): 5-28 (in German) doi.org/10.54799/YJL...

📘The book of the month is The Wheel of Autonomy (Berghahn Books, 2025) by F. Girke. This #ethnography of the Kara people in #Ethiopia investigates ethnicity, agency and rhetoric in #African social life. #EAZRecommends doi.org/10.3167/9781...

This publication covers the long-standing debate in #ethnography on the balance between universal historical laws and the unique local histories of communities #EAZArchives Sellnow, I. 1961. On the Problem of Local and Universal History in Ethnographic Methodology. EAZ 2 (2) doi.org/10.54799/IXV...

📷A snapshot from the #past - This is a photograph taken during Hans Dieter Kahlke’s trip to #China, 1957, 1960. Leng-chai-shan, Kwangsi: Type locality of the Gigantopithecus finds. "Studien- und Forschungsreise nach China 1957 und 1960" (EAZ 2, 1). Photo: H.D. Kahlke. #EAZ doi.org/10.54799/JXG...

In 1973 #Malta, scholars from across 20 countries gathered to celebrate #Latin language and culture and nurture peaceful global dialogue. #EAZ #EAZArchives Irmscher, J. 1974. “Omnium Gentum Ac Nationum Conventus Latinus Litteris Linguaeque Fovendis, Malta 1973”. EAZ 15 (1). doi.org/10.54799/DGX...

S. Udayakumar's study explores traditional metalworking and its continuity across generations in India #Ethnoarchaeology Udayakumar, S., 2024. Ethno-technological perspective of current wisdom of metal craft and craftsmanship, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. SAARCCulture,10 cms.nias.res.in/sites/defaul...

🔬 In 1962, German anthropologists presented groundbreaking finds – from the world’s largest known Neolithic skull trepanation to early evidence of cancer, epilepsy, and dwarfism in ancient skeletons – bridging #archaeology, #medicine, and #history. #EAZ #EAZArchives doi.org/10.54799/PWU...

📢EAZ Special Issue: "Tool or pitfall? Obsolete narratives in prehistoric archaeology – questioning, unlearning, rethinking" – CfP EAZ invites submissions for the special issue edited by S. Schaefer-Di Maida, V. Arponen, G. Di Maida. Deadline: 15.10.2025. #CfP #EAZ www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/ea...

🎥 Don’t miss Ancestral Visions of the Future — a director’s personal exploration of memory and identity, where myth and reality are blended to reflect his journey from Lesotho to exile. youtu.be/nYI3psQvcIU?... #75thBerlinale #Lesotho #Identity #EAZRecommends

📚This review highlights how a bestselling book about the "mysterious" #Etruscans can say more about postwar worldviews than the ancient people themselves. #EAZArchives #EAZ Zinserling, G. 1964. O.‐W. Von Vacano, Die Etrusker in Der Welt Der Antike, Leipzig 1962. EAZ 5 (2) doi.org/10.54799/ADO...

The Institute for Prehistoric Archaeology at Freie Universität Berlin figures prominently in a new poster exhibition that will be launched today: www.fu-berlin.de/presse/infor...

⛰️This new study in the #ItalianAlps shows how ethnoarchaeological inductive #predictivemodelling can reconstruct past #human-environmentinteractions and offer insights into settlement patterns and land use. #EAZRecommends doi.org/10.1007/s108...

Why do people tame animals — and how did it start in the ancient Near East? This review of Brentjes’ classic explores domestication, science, and society as it is covered in a book. #Domestication #AncientNearEast #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives doi.org/10.54799/TPZ...

A snapshot from the past - This is a photo taken during Th. Reitmeier’s trip to Iran, 2016. Laid-out yogurt mass (kashk) set out to dry at a summer camp of Bakhtiari nomads in the Zagros Mountains of Iran (EAZ 56, 1/2). Photo: Th. Reitmaier. #FieldworkPhoto #ResearchTrip #EAZ doi.org/10.54799/GDQ...

This dissertation became a groundbreaking correction to dominant narratives about Afro-American communities in Suriname at the time. #PostColonialStudies #Ethnography #SurinameHistory #EAZ #EAZArchives doi.org/10.54799/UVA...

🎬Dahomey (2024) confronts the complex dynamics of repatriation and its implications for contemporary African identity and heritage. #Dahomey #Anthropology #Repatriation #EAZRecommends

⚔️S. Hansen’s review unpacks “Die Vollgriffschwerter in der Slowakei“ by M. Novotná: highlights the volume's contribution to our understanding of #CentralEurope’s sword-depositing traditions and reviews how we date and interpret #hoards. #Archaeology #BronzeAge #EAZArchives doi.org/10.54799/FVO...

📚Ever wondered how archaeology became what it is today? With 38 chapters by leading experts from around the globe, The #OxfordHandbook of the #HistoryofArchaeology, ed. by M. Díaz-Andreu and L. Coltofean, is the guide to understanding the past and the history of how we uncover it. #EAZRecommends

Here is a case study in Marxist methodology applied to non-Western societies, challenging Eurocentric models of historical development. #AncientChina #MarxistHistory #EAZArchives #EAZ doi.org/10.54799/HFT...

What does it mean to belong when your identity defies society’s norms? “Rituals of Belonging,” dives into the lives and rituals of #India’s #Hijras community - both sacred and marginalised. #EAZRecommends doi.org/10.20896/bws...

#EAZ 16, 1 (1975) is now in our digital archive! It features a study of #Inca and #Aztec land ownership, reviews of publications on #Pre-Columbiancultures, conference reports on pre-capitalist social formations, #museumstudies and cuneiform research. www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/ea...

We had a great time representing #EAZ at the #KielConference2025! 📸Pictured: several of our editors, including guest editors Gianpiero Di Maida and Martin Porr (first and second from the left), who are currently preparing our upcoming special issue. Photos: S. Schultrich, A. Khramtsova, J. Steffen

📚Deep in the roots of German folk tales lie forgotten initiation rituals and lost traditions. #Fairytales #BrothersGrimm #Folklore #EAZ #EAZArchives doi.org/10.54799/ZOI...

📸A snapshot from the past - This photograph was taken during H. Reim’s research trip to #WesternAustralia, 1968, showing the rock painting of Moochalabra, probably representing a jalala, a spirit-child in a squatting position. Photo: H. Reim. #FieldworkPhoto #EAZ doi.org/10.54799/NKI...

“Toepferei in Afrika” (1967) is an ethnographic study that documented the techniques and traditions of pottery-making across Africa. The review is available at the link below. #Africa #Pottery-Making #BookReview #EAZ #EAZArchives doi.org/10.54799/IHF...

📢L. Amundsen-Meyer's critical reflection on the #decolonization of #archaeology is the latest addition to #EAZ, vol. 59. The author questions mainstream ideas about the inclusion of #Indigenousperspectives and explores whether such efforts may sometimes be colonial in nature doi.org/10.54799/MKQ...

In "Fictitious Tradition and Cultural Memory", Holger Wendling explores how the past can be used to validate the present, based on Celtic cultural remains. #CelticHistory #IronAge #Archaeology #EAZ #EAZArchives doi.org/10.54799/BJV...

#Women have always shaped #archaeology, both as historical figures and archaeologists. "Auf Spurensuche" by E. Bösl & D. Gutsmiedl-Schümann doi.org/10.54799/MTI... and "Mothering and Archaeology", ed. by L. Seifert & S.M. Spencer-Wood, offer matching perspectives on the role of #womeninarchaeology.

What role did kinship and marriage rules play in maintaining social order? How can taboos shape interactions between certain family members? And why were some relationships considered ‘half-taboo’? Discover with this paper from our archives. #Taboo #Anthropology #EAZArchives doi.org/10.54799/XIA...

🐈CfP - The Italian Association for Ethnoarchaeology invites papers for the conference "Cats - Past and Present. An interdisciplinary perspective", to be held in Rome from 19 to 21 November 2025. Deadline for submissions: 30 May 2025. Registration: forms.gle/CdcaAezsifGS... #Cats #Ethnoarchaeology

📚 EAZ 15 (4), 1974 is now available online! With contributions on #archaeology & #ethnography of the #Caucasus, #physicalanthropology, reviews of palynological publications and conference reports, e.g. the II Symposion Byzantinon, the volume is now in our archive. www.eaz-journal.org/index.php/ea...